In
1992 I found 2 large boxes of old photos and negatives at a yard sale here in
Alameda. It turns out that this was the estate sale of one Lewis Clark,
long-serving Sierra Club Director and Officer. Most of the photos were taken by
him as he went about his daily business and during the many, many Club trips he
took over the years. Since then I have printed the odd shot from the
collection but made no systematic exploration.

In
the summer of 2008, while looking for a particular negative, I opened a small box and found
this 1932 envelope from Glen Dawson to Jules Eichorn on top of a pile of loose
negatives.

......I
was familiar with both these names and started looking through the box.

Here
you can see what I found: some of over 100 photos of the historic climbs of the
1931 Sierra Club High Trip and subsequent "Palisades Climbing School".

It
seems that Glen sent these negatives to Jules as Jules wanted Lewis to print him
a set. Apparently Lewis never returned them to Glen.

I recently found
that Lewis had taken even more photos than Glen and with a far better
camera. Unfortunately many of these negatives got wet while stored in a basement
for all these years and were stuck together. All Lewis's 1931 shots were
thus damaged and only a few have been salvaged so far. Some came apart easily
but others had their emulsion separate while soaking in water. I have aborted
all these attempts until I can get more help with this batch.

I
would like to thank the following folks who have helped and encouraged me to
identify and display this wonderful find: